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Washington Times: DOJ denies existence of a "blog squad"
Washington Times ^ | 10/8/09 | Kerry Picket

Posted on 10/08/2009 12:04:19 PM PDT by mudblood

Various conservative blogs are talking about the existence of a "blog squad" at the U.S. Justice Department. The website, the Muffled Oar writes that a blogging unit formed within the Department of Justice to counter websites with posts, articles, and user comments critical of the Obama administration. Matthew Miller Director of Public Affair at the Justice Department told the Washington Times,: "There is no 'blog squad'. There is Tracy [Russo] who handles online media. It’s the policy of the office of public affairs to not post anonymous comments. We have not seen any evidence that anyone does post comments, and if we did have evidence of that, people would no longer work here."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agenda; bho44; bhodoj; denial; dojblogcrime; propaganda; russo; tracyrusso; weblogs
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Also, the Washington Examiner mentioned this story: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/Thank-you_-Wolf-Blitzer-8354597-63675277.html
1 posted on 10/08/2009 12:04:20 PM PDT by mudblood
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To: GOPJ

Ping


2 posted on 10/08/2009 12:05:34 PM PDT by mudblood
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To: mudblood

He lies.


3 posted on 10/08/2009 12:05:35 PM PDT by Gaffer
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To: mudblood

DOJ denial confirms its existence.


4 posted on 10/08/2009 12:09:11 PM PDT by Dapper 26
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To: mudblood

a conservative site that i have been visiting that blogs about counter-intelligence, posted a couple days ago about a “new” browser that visited his site. he briefly described it.

wouldn’t surprise me if THAT was the OBAMA administration and NOT the TALIBAN.


5 posted on 10/08/2009 12:12:30 PM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline.)
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To: 444Flyer; MestaMachine; STARWISE; LucyT; bamahead

No doj blog squad!! YaY!

Okay...I believe them because they said so.


6 posted on 10/08/2009 12:14:51 PM PDT by Freedom2specul8 (I am Jim Thompson............................Please pray for our troops....)
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To: machogirl

Pretty interesting, and possible. But more likely its a spook, or someone who wrote their own browser (not hard, actually, to make a html-rendering engine). But if it is something sneaky and new, they wouldn’t give it to an idiot like Russo to use. If so, it wouldn’t be a secret for too long.


7 posted on 10/08/2009 12:15:08 PM PDT by mudblood
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To: mudblood

These “squads” simply do not exist.
Pay no attention to these bogus news stories.
All is well, my friends.


8 posted on 10/08/2009 12:15:39 PM PDT by aSimpleCitizen
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To: aSimpleCitizen

aSimpleCitizen
Since 2009-10-08

Do you work for the DOJ?


9 posted on 10/08/2009 12:20:56 PM PDT by numberonepal (Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
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To: aSimpleCitizen

I bet they all have SEIU shirts on.


10 posted on 10/08/2009 12:21:22 PM PDT by Califreak (If it's Astroturf, why are you trying to mow it?(sign seen at a town hall meeting))
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To: numberonepal

Good one! I was wondering whrn they owuld show up here. ;)

BTW, this administration is as paranoid as Nixon’s.


11 posted on 10/08/2009 12:23:09 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: mudblood

good point. they’d give to the enemy combatants.


12 posted on 10/08/2009 12:24:29 PM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline.)
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To: BunnySlippers
Good one! I was wondering whrn they owuld show up here. ;)

The freakin' morons think we're as stupid as they are. And they're almost all hit 'n run morons at that. Cowards, commies, sissies, and intellectual lightweights aren't even worth our time.

13 posted on 10/08/2009 12:30:45 PM PDT by numberonepal (Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~; 444Flyer

Like we ain’t on them like hound kitties. Three down in two days. And it’s early.


14 posted on 10/08/2009 12:31:16 PM PDT by MestaMachine (One if by land, 2 if by sea, 3 if by Air Force 1.)
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To: BunnySlippers

“BTW, this administration is as paranoid as Nixon’s.”

Yeah, but Nixon would have liked us.


15 posted on 10/08/2009 12:33:28 PM PDT by MestaMachine (One if by land, 2 if by sea, 3 if by Air Force 1.)
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To: numberonepal

Me?
Work for the DOJ?
No way.


16 posted on 10/08/2009 12:39:27 PM PDT by aSimpleCitizen
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~; rxsid; Fred Nerks; null and void; stockpirate; george76; PhilDragoo; Candor7; GOPJ; ..
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.... C'mon, would anyone in DC lie to We The People? Seriously? After all, We The People pay their salaries.

17 posted on 10/08/2009 12:46:12 PM PDT by LucyT
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To: mudblood

Nonsense.

Admin Moderator does not need a “squad”...


18 posted on 10/08/2009 12:49:16 PM PDT by Bean Counter (Stout Hearts....)
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To: numberonepal

Has to be a freeper in disguise! :)


19 posted on 10/08/2009 12:51:40 PM PDT by Freedom2specul8 (I am Jim Thompson............................Please pray for our troops....)
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To: mudblood
"There is no 'blog squad'. There is Tracy [Russo] who handles online media. It’s the policy of the office of public affairs to not post anonymous comments. We have not seen any evidence that anyone does post comments, and if we did have evidence of that, people would no longer work here."

Sounds like bureaucratese for: our policy is not to post anonymous comments - we suspect it's happened but there's NO evidence ( and no one should show me any) But from this point forward - if it happens, you'll be fired.

That's good news - they're on record saying they won't do this - it'll be political suicide if they get caught tweaking political blogs...

As to Tracy Russo - I wonder how many "posts" in the net are in her name... especially since she doesn't post anonymously.

20 posted on 10/08/2009 12:53:21 PM PDT by GOPJ (MSM BIAS: grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome. George Orwell)
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